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Europe

Europe has 14 slots for the 2006 Football World Cup. GERMANY qualifies automatically as host nation. 51 teams will compete for Europe's remaining 13 slots from 8 groups.

The winners of each group (eight in all) and the best two second placed teams automatically qualify for the finals. The remaining six second placed teams are paired to face a two-legged play-off in order to qualify for the final three spots from the European Zone.

World Cup 2006 Qualifying Europe Group 1 - Table

Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts.
Netherlands	12	10	2	0	27	3	32
Czech Republic	12	9	0	3	35	12	27
Romania	12	8	1	3	20	10	25
Finland	12	5	1	6	21	19	16
Macedonia FYR	12	2	3	7	11	24	9
Armenia	12	2	1	9	9	25	7
Andorra	12	1	2	9	4	34	5

NETHERLANDS qualify for World Cup finals in Germany.

World Cup 2006 Qualifying Europe Group 2 - Table

Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts.
Ukraine	12	7	4	1	18	7	25
Turkey	12	6	5	1	23	9	23
Denmark	12	6	4	2	24	12	22
Greece	12	6	3	3	15	9	21
Albania	12	4	1	7	11	20	13
Georgia	12	2	4	6	14	25	10
Kazakhstan	12	0	1	11	6	29	1

UKRAINE qualify for World Cup finals in Germany.

World Cup 2006 Qualifying Europe Group 3 - Table

Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts.
Portugal	12	9	3	0	35	5	30
Slovakia	12	6	5	1	24	8	23
Russia	12	6	5	1	23	12	23
Estonia	12	5	2	5	16	17	17
Latvia	12	4	3	5	18	21	15
Liechtenstein	12	2	2	8	13	23	8
Luxembourg	12	0	0	12	5	48	0

PORTUGAL qualify for World Cup finals in Germany.

World Cup 2006 Qualifying Europe Group 4 - Table

Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts.
France	10	5	5	0	14	2	20
Switzerland	10	4	6	0	18	7	18
Israel	10	4	6	0	15	10	18
Ireland	10	4	5	1	12	5	17
Cyprus	10	1	1	8	8	20	4
Faroe Islands	10	0	1	9	4	27	1

FRANCE qualify for World Cup finals in Germany.

World Cup 2006 Qualifying Europe Group 5 - Table

Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts.
Italy	10	7	2	1	17	8	23
Norway	10	5	3	2	12	7	18
Scotland	10	3	4	3	9	7	13
Slovenia	10	3	3	4	10	13	12
Belarus	10	2	4	4	12	14	10
Moldova	10	1	2	7	5	16	5

ITALY qualify for World Cup finals in Germany.

World Cup 2006 Qualifying Europe Group 6 - Table

Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts.
England	10	8	1	1	17	5	25
Poland	10	8	0	2	27	9	24
Austria	10	4	3	3	15	12	15
Northern Ireland	10	2	3	5	10	18	9
Wales	10	2	2	6	10	15	8
Azerbaijan	10	0	3	7	1	21	3

ENGLAND and POLAND qualify for World Cup finals in Germany.

World Cup 2006 Qualifying Europe Group 7 - Table

Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts.
Serbia and Montenegro	10	6	4	0	16	1	22
Spain	10	5	5	0	19	3	20
Bosnia-Herzegovina	10	4	4	2	12	9	16
Belgium	10	3	3	4	16	11	12
Lithuania	10	2	4	4	8	9	10
San Marino	10	0	0	10	2	40	0

SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO qualify for World Cup finals in Germany.

World Cup 2006 Qualifying Europe Group 8 - Table

Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts.
Croatia	10	7	3	0	21	5	24
Sweden	10	8	0	2	30	4	24
Bulgaria	10	4	3	3	17	17	15
Hungary	10	4	2	4	13	14	14
Iceland	10	1	1	8	14	27	4
Malta	10	0	3	7	4	32	3

CROATIA qualify for World Cup finals in Germany.

The draw to decide the remaining three European team for World Cup finals between the six runner-ups will take place in Zurich on 14th October 2005.

The six runner-ups teams are:

Czech Republic
Turkey
Slovakia
Switzerland
Norway
Spain

SPAIN, SWITZERLAND and CZECH REPUBLIC qualify for World Cup finals in Germany.

Switzerland qualified on the basis of away goals scored.

South America

All 10 teams in the group play each other home and away and the top four nations will qualify automatically for the finals.

The fifth place team faces a two-legged play-off in Nov 2005 with the winner of the Oceania zone - Australia, with the winner making it to the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany.

World Cup 2006 Qualifying South America Group - Table

Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts.
Brazil	18	9	7	2	35	17	34
Argentina	18	10	4	4	29	17	34
Ecuador	18	8	4	6	23	19	28
Paraguay	18	8	4	6	23	23	28
Uruguay	18	6	7	5	23	28	25
Colombia	18	6	6	6	24	16	24
Chile	18	5	7	6	18	22	22
Venezuela	18	5	3	10	20	28	18
Peru	18	4	6	8	20	28	18
Bolivia	18	4	2	12	20	37	14

BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, ECUADOR and PARAGUAY qualify for World Cup finals in Germany.

The fifth-place team (Uruguay) will have to play off over two legs in Nov 2005 against the winner Australia of the Oceania zone to win a place in the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany.

Africa

The 30 nations were drawn into five groups of six teams.

The teams in each group play each other home and away with the five group winners qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany.

World Cup 2006 Qualifying Africa Group 1 - Table

Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts.
Togo	10	7	2	1	20	8	23
Senegal	10	6	3	1	21	8	21
Zambia	10	6	1	3	16	10	19
Congo	10	3	1	6	10	14	10
Mali	10	2	2	6	11	14	8
Liberia	10	1	1	8	3	27	4

TOGO qualify for World Cup finals in Germany.

World Cup 2006 Qualifying Africa Group 2 - Table

Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts.
Ghana	10	6	3	1	17	4	21
Congo DR	10	4	4	2	14	10	16
South Africa	10	5	1	4	12	14	16
Burkina Faso	10	4	1	5	14	13	13
Cape Verde Islands	10	3	1	6	8	15	10
Uganda	10	2	2	6	6	15	8

GHANA qualify for World Cup finals in Germany.

World Cup 2006 Qualifying Africa Group 3 - Table

Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts.
Cote d'Ivoire	10	7	1	2	20	7	22
Cameroon	10	6	3	1	18	10	21
Egypt	10	5	2	3	26	15	17
Libya	10	3	3	4	8	10	12
Sudan	10	1	3	6	6	22	6
Benin	10	1	2	7	9	23	5

COTE d'IVOIRE qualify for World Cup finals in Germany.

World Cup 2006 Qualifying Africa Group 4 - Table

Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts.
Angola	10	6	3	1	12	6	21
Nigeria	10	6	3	1	21	7	21
Zimbabwe	10	4	3	3	13	14	15
Gabon	10	2	4	4	11	13	10
Algeria	10	1	5	4	8	15	8
Rwanda	10	1	2	7	6	16	5

ANGOLA qualify for World Cup finals in Germany.

World Cup 2006 Qualifying Africa Group 5 - Table

Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts.
Tunisia	10	6	3	1	25	9	21
Morocco	10	5	5	0	17	7	20
Guinea	10	5	2	3	15	10	17
Kenya	10	3	1	6	8	17	10
Botswana	10	3	0	7	10	18	9
Malawi	10	1	3	6	12	26	6

TUNISIA qualify for World Cup finals in Germany.

Asia

The 32 nations were drawn into eight groups of four teams. The winners Iran, Uzbekistan, Japan, Kuwait, North Korea, Bahrain, South Korea and Saudi Arabia moved on to the Final Stage. The Final Stage team grouping were
Group 1 - Uzbekistan, Kuwait, South Korea and Saudi Arabia.
Group 2 - Iran, Japan, North Korea and Bahrain.

The top two teams of both the groups will qualify for 2006 World Cup finals in Germany, while the two third placed teams meet in a home and away play-off to decide who will face the fourth-place team from the North America, Central America and the Caribbean Zone in a two-leg play-off with the winner qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany.

World Cup 2006 Qualifying Asia Final Group 1 - Table

Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts.
Saudi Arabia	6	4	2	0	10	1	14
South Korea	6	3	1	2	9	5	10
Uzbekistan	6	1	2	3	7	11	5
Kuwait	6	1	1	4	4	13	4

SAUDI ARABIA and SOUTH KOREA qualify for World Cup finals in Germany.

World Cup 2006 Qualifying Asia Final Group 2 - Table

Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts.
Japan	6	5	0	1	9	4	15
Iran	6	4	1	1	7	3	13
Bahrain	6	1	1	4	4	7	4
North Korea	6	1	0	5	5	11	3

JAPAN and IRAN qualify for World Cup finals in Germany.

The two third placed teams, Uzbekistan and Bahrain will play-off against each other on 08^th and 12^th Oct 2005 to decide the fifth placed Asian team which will play against the fourth placed CONCACAF team in a play-off on 12th and 16th Nov 2005 to win a place in the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany.

Winner of the play-off for fifth place is BAHRAIN

5th place (BAHRAIN) Playoff Matches with 4th Place (TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO) CONCACAF Team

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO qualify for 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany.

North America, Central America and the Caribbean
(CONCACAF)

12 teams advance from the first round of matches. These 12 teams enter the second stage with 3 groups of 4 teams; the top two teams from each group advancing to the final stage of a final round of six teams.

The six teams in the final round are - Mexico, United States, Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala and Trinidad & Tobago

This stage is played as one group, with the top three teams qualifying for 2006 World Cup finals in Germany and the fourth placed team facing the fifth placed Asian team in a two-leg playoff for a berth in the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

World Cup 2006 Qualifying CONCACAF Final Stage - Table

Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts.
USA	10	7	1	2	16	6	22
Mexico	10	7	1	2	22	9	22
Costa Rica	10	5	1	4	14	16	16
Trinidad & Tobago	10	4	1	5	10	15	13
Guatemala	10	3	2	5	16	18	11
Panama	10	0	2	8	4	21	2

USA, MEXICO and COSTA RICA qualify for 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany.

4th Place (TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO) Playoff Matches with 5th place (BAHRAIN) Asian Team

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO qualify for 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany.

Oceania

In the Second Round four nations joined Australia and New Zealand in one group. The overall winner of this final group, Australia played-off against the runner up, Solomon Islands on 03^rd and 06^th Sept 2005 to decide the winner of the Oceania zone.

Result of 1st Round Play-Off Oceania Zone Winner:
Australia 7 : Solomon Islands 0

Result of 2nd Round Play-Off Oceania Zone Winner:
Solomon Islands 1 : Australia 2

The winner Australia of the Oceania zone will play off over two legs in Nov 2005 against the fifth-place team Uruguay from South America to win a place in the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany.

(AUSTRALIA) Playoff Matches with 5th Place (URUGUAY) SOUTH AMERICA Team

AUSTRALIA qualify for 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany.

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